West Ham are widely reported to be searching for improvements to their midfield ranks and a number of players have been linked with a move to the London Stadium. Gabon international Mario Lemina is one of many players linked with a move across the Premier League from Southampton but West Ham face a fight for […]
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West Ham face competition in fight for Premier League midfielder
Posted on 07 June 2018.
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West Ham rocked after key asset rejects new contract offer
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham face a number of fights in the transfer market over the course of the coming months and the latest reports are room for concern. The Daily Mail states highly-rated young defender Declan Rice has snubbed an offer of a new contract at the London Stadium, which is said to be worth £8k-a-week. 19-year-old Republic […]
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Felipe Anderson update
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham and Lazio along with various intermediaries are still talking about a deal which would see Lazio’s Felipe Anderson become a Hammer. Reports earlier this week suggested the Italian club had snubbed a £33m bid but last night another report claimed the initial bid was closer to £22m with £4.4m in add-ons. Today reports from Italy […]
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Top ten clubs to take greater share of TV money
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Premier League Clubs will receive more money from International TV rights the higher up the table they finish it has been announced. From the 2019-20 season the current level of revenue from international TV rights sales, £3.3bn, will still be shared equally between all 20 clubs. Any increase on that level, which Scudamore is understood to […]
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Premier League’s elite clubs secure larger share of TV money
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Clubs have voted to tinker with the international television revenue share from 2019, with more emphasis placed on teams finishing higher up the league.
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West Ham ace drops hint to suggest further imminent arrivals
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham have plenty of work to do in the summer transfer market after a disappointing few seasons and the club is pushing ahead with their activity. The Hammers have already welcomed the first signing of the Manuel Pellegrini era after capturing full-back Ryan Fredericks on a free transfer from newly-promoted Fulham. Fredericks, who has […]
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Amazon to show Premier League games from 2019/20
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Amazon has entered the Premier League rights market by agreeing a deal to televise 20 matches per season from the 2019-20 campaign.
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West Ham boss dismisses claims of clashes with the board
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham are venturing into a new era following the appointment of Manuel Pellegrini two weeks ago but reports had suggested problems have already arose. It’s been claimed in recent days that the Chilean boss is already at loggerheads with the Hammers’ hierarchy after they reportedly refused to push ahead with moves for targets he […]
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West Ham looking to hijack exciting £35m midfield deal
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham are in need of significant additions to their ranks this summer and the board are reportedly looking to land a top-class midfield addition. OGC Nice ace Jean-Michel Seri has widely been linked with a move to the Premier League in the coming months, with Chelsea and Arsenal heavily linked with his services, but […]
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Premier League rivals join West Ham in pursuit of bargain £12m attacker
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham will have to overcome serious competition in their pursuit of a prime attacking target, as rivals are emerging on the market. The Daily Star states Liverpool are keen on raiding relegated Stoke City for the services of Xherdan Shaqiri, who’s available for just £12m due to a clause in his contract. Switzerland international Shaqiri […]
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West Ham games to be streamed on Amazon
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Online broadcaster Amazon will show 20 Premier League matches a season for three years from 2019, after winning one of the final two TV broadcast packages. The online streaming service has won the rights to show one round of midweek games and one round from a bank holiday. The matches will be available to Amazon […]
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No West Ham player should earn £200,000 per week
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Over eighty-two percent of 1,600 readers voting in a Claret and Hugh poll say no West Ham player should earn £200,000 per week. The poll was in response to reports that Javier Pastore from PSG wants between £190,000 to £200,000 to join West Ham, a similar wage he already enjoys at French champions PSG. Full results: […]
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Manuel Pellegrini: The ‘definitive’ managerial guide
Posted on 07 June 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini – the affable 64-year-old Chilean usually is a man who keeps himself to himself if you overlook his recently media outbursts! “Tactician” would be the first word that springs to mind when considering the man’s character over a career which has seen him manager in Argentina, Chile, and finally – in 2004 – […]
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Hammers reveal Rice contract offer
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham have this morning claimed they have offered Declan Rice a basic wage of nearly double the £8 million which is being reported in the mainstream media. ClaretandHugh has been told the 19-year-old defender has three years – with options – left on his current deal and the club say he has been offered […]
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West Ham adamant future of veteran is yet to be decided
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham are likely to have a wealth of activity take place around the London Stadium this summer, although not all of the complete deals will see the arrival of new faces. Significant departures are also expected to take place in east London and speculation has consistently suggested that Robert Snodgrass will be on the […]
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West Ham issued blow as midfielder target will sign elsewhere
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham have encountered problems in recent months in their pursuit of additions to bolster their midfield ranks and the latest reports had the Hammers a further headache. The east London side have widely been attributed with an interest in Stoke City midfielder Joe Allen and it seems their chances of signing the experienced midfielder […]
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Support for Chelsea midfielder over foreign imports
Posted on 07 June 2018.
A majority of supporters have chosen a homegrown Chelsea midfielder as their incoming midfielder of choice over various foreign imports that West Ham have been linked to in the media in recent week. In a Claret and Hugh poll of more than 1,650 supporters over 27% of fans said they would like to sign 22-year-old […]
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Ex-Arsenal man urges West Ham to sign international midfielder
Posted on 07 June 2018.
West Ham have already been linked with a wealth of summer additions despite the infancy of the transfer market and intriguing options have been raised. Reports in the past week have stated that new Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini is extremely keen on signing Jack Wilshere from Arsenal, as speculation regarding the England international’s future rumbles […]
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West Ham face fight to keep defender Declan Rice
Posted on 06 June 2018.
West Ham are at risk of losing Declan Rice this summer after being offered what has been described as a derisory pay-rise.
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West Ham target looks for way out of Lazio
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Felipe Anderson’s agent Giuliano Bertolucci is set to meet Lazio on Thursday in an attempt to decide the future of his client. The football agent represented his nation in water polo and the man responsible for a lot of Brazilian players joining the Premier League. Reports that West Ham had a bid of £33m turned […]
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Report: West Ham attempts to hijack Chelsea deal
Posted on 06 June 2018.
West Ham will attempt to hijack Chelsea’s talks to land Jean Michael Seri, if media reports are to be believed. The 26-year-old Nice midfielder has been in demand since last summer, with Arsenal, Manchester United and Barcelona in addition to Chelsea all interested. Rumours are that Chelsea is in the latter stages of securing a […]
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Pellegrini speaks out: “No problems with the board”
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini has spoken out this evening on his relationship with the Hammers board following his widely publicised comments on his needs at the club in the Chilean media. The manager – having declared that he needs a big name player to attract others to the club in his remarks – has now made it […]
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Anderson’s in London …oh, hold on Big Ben doesn’t agree
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Social media ‘news stories’ and pictures should be marked with a silly season warning and here’s an example of why with no disrespect intended to anybody! As we all know at this time of the year images regularly appear of player in or around London. And that is a big signal apparently to ensure that […]
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PL AGM: What’s on the agenda?
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Thursday sees the start of English football’s most important meeting of the year – the Premier League AGM.
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Former Chelsea man unlikely to join Hammers
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Reports that West Ham are interested in signing AC Milan Fabio Borini are unlikely to be true! Calciomercato.com reported last week that West Ham have joined Napoli in the race to sign the forward. AC Milan have just made the player’s loan move permanent for a fee close to € 6 million but new Napoli boss Carlo […]
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Former Hammer cleared of sword affray
Posted on 06 June 2018.
Former West Ham goalkeeper Stephen Bywater has been found not guilty of swinging a sword above the heads of two delivery men at his luxury home. The verdict was returned after deliberations of just 14 minutes by a jury after a four-day trial at Chester Crown Court, which concluded yesterday afternoon. Bywater had pleaded not […]
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